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Impact Report 2019

Equity for Children’s Impact Report 2019 is now available. You can download the PDF version or read it here.

Approaches to Equity

Urban inequalities

Strengthening Data and Research for Children in Urban Settings

Equity for Children shared its expertise about urban inequities affecting children at an invitation-only conference and workshop jointly organized by UNICEF and UN-Habitat, entitled “Strengthening Data and Research for Children in Urban Settings”. Global university and research center experts met in Florence to discuss how to fill data gaps and strengthen available evidence based on […]

Approaches to Equity

Urban inequalities

Freedom Day

Thank you for taking a moment to join Equity for Children in observance of National Freedom Day. This day commemorates February 1st, 1865, when Abraham Lincoln signed the document which would later become known as the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, outlawing slavery. This observance day was established and first celebrated by the National […]

Approaches to Equity

Urban inequalities

Local action to end poverty

On October 14, economists Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee of MIT, along with Michael Kremer of Harvard gained recognition for their pioneering work in poverty reduction as recipients of the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The work of these Nobel laureates has been monumental in the field of development economics. It did not […]

Approaches to Equity

Urban inequalities

International Day of The Girl

Thank you for joining our staff at Equity for Children to honor the International Day of the Girl. October 11th has served since 2012 as a day to mobilize in raising awareness and pushing forward policy agendas addressing the many obstacles that females worldwide face to fulfilling their human rights. Today also serves as a […]

Children's Rights

Urban inequalities

NYC Climate Strike : The role of children in promoting policy action

Strike for Climate – NYC Today was a beautiful day. It was poignant to see 250,000+ New Yorkers of all ages marching in the Climate Strike. Over five million people rallied all over the world for this cause. This movement was started by 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg, who led today’s march in Lower […]

Children's Rights

Urban inequalities

International Day of Peace

Equity for Children thanks you for recognizing and taking action on September 21, International Day of Peace. Since 1981, the day has fostered peace and stability in the world by raising public awareness and mobilizing change. This year, International Day of Peace’s theme is “Climate Action for Peace”, geared toward shining a spotlight on achieving […]

Children's Rights

Urban inequalities

Conflict and Displacement: The Refugee Effects on Children

Equity for Children would like to thank you for joining us in recognition of World Refugee Day, an annual observance day that rallies global public support to raise awareness and civic action aimed at addressing the struggles faced by millions of refugees today. This day also serves as a platform for the public to demand […]

Children's Rights

Urban inequalities

“Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!”

Thank you for sparing a moment to join our staff at Equity for Children in recognition of World Day Against Child Labour. This year’s observance day comes accompanied by the slogan, “Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!” 2019 marks the 100 year anniversary of the International Labour Organization (ILO), and this year’s observance […]

Children's Rights

Urban inequalities

June 4, a call to end violence against children

Equity for Children would like to take a moment in observance of the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression. Following global attention drawn to the heightened impact of armed conflict on children, the UN General Assembly adopted the 51/77 Resolution on the Rights of the Child in 1997. This milestone effort […]

Children's Rights

Urban inequalities

International Day of Families

Thank you for joining Equity for Children in observance of the International Day of Families. Following a 1993 UN General Assembly resolution, May 15th has served annually as a day to raise public awareness of the social, economic, and cultural challenges that families confront, particularly in contexts of deprivation. Research, advocacy efforts, and policymaking must […]

Children's Rights

Urban inequalities

Play, a right and a healing to trauma

As this year marks the 60th anniversary of the UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child, as well as the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), we wish to highlight an important element of child well-being raised in both documents, and recognize the right of the child […]

Children's Rights

Category: Urban inequalities

Approaches to Equity

Impact Report 2019

Strengthening Data and Research for Children in Urban Settings

Freedom Day

Local action to end poverty

International Day of The Girl

NYC Climate Strike : The role of children in promoting policy action

International Day of Peace

Conflict and Displacement: The Refugee Effects on Children

“Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!”

June 4, a call to end violence against children

International Day of Families

Play, a right and a healing to trauma

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